Entry 6
"Although she hid the secret from herself, and grew pale whenever it struggled out of her heart, like a serpent from its hole" (Hawthorne, Chapter 5).
Hawthorne uses an excellent simile here. The simile compares the secret contained within Hester's heart, her unknown lover's name, to a snake trying to wriggle its way out of a hole. It speaks that, though Hester doesn't want to kill, she is conflicted to wanting to spill the truth regardless. The simile does a good job of conveying that message.
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